Malaysia legislation
Section 12
Section 12
Removal of trees or refuse
(b)
Such notice shall require the owner or occupier to take the necessary action within a certain fixed time, which shall not be less than fourteen days from the date of the service of the notice, and if default is made in complying with such notice the officer acting under this subsection may cause such action to be taken as is required by the notice and may recover the cost of so doing from the said owner or occupier in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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Irrigation Areas
(2)
The Drainage and Irrigation Engineer or other officer in charge of an irrigation area may, by notice in writing, prohibit the owner or occupier of any lands within such area from planting any trees or plants on the banks or sides of any irrigation works on such lands or from depositing on any lands adjoining any irrigation works any refuse likely to damage such works or harbour rats or other vermin.
(b)
If default is made in complying with such notice the officer acting under this subsection may cause action to be taken to clear any trees or plants from such banks or sides or any such refuse and may recover the cost of so doing from the said owner or occupier in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(3)
In cases in which the officer acting under this section requires the destruction of, or destroys, valuable trees or plants he shall, if no previous notice has been issued under this section in respect of the land on which such trees or plants are growing, pay to the owner or occupier reasonable compensation for the same; and if the parties fail to agree as to the amount so payable the question shall be referred to the appropriate authority whose decision thereon shall be final.
Power to withhold water